Penyrheol Comprehensive School

This place has destroyed my mental health. I have gone to my head of year multiple times to report sexual assault and I have just been shrugged off each time and been told “boys will be boys”. Please, if you care about your children’s mental stability, do not send them to this school. The only reason I stick around is for the school shows and my friends, and even then, I don’t have many reasons. The way the other students treat you if you’re even slightly different is horrible, I myself am a transgender male and that’s made me be horrifically bullied throughout my years here, to the point I have attempted to take my own life. The workload is overwhelming, and when you talk about it, they brush it off as you being lazy. I am easily made ill, and unfortunately this has already made me miss many days this school year (it is currently September 27th). I miss announcement of homework tasks, therefore not knowing I have it, and I end up in detention for being unwell and not being notified of homework. They lock the toilets during school hours, they claim it is to stop vandalism, but there was rarely any vandalism in the first place. The SLT are so rude, I was in the bathroom midway through a class (I have a time out pass, and was allowed by my teacher to leave) and I get questioned on why I was in there and rudely told to hurry up. The blatant disregard of students mental health is appalling, they lead you on to think they care but they do not. The in school counselling service waiting list is so long. I applied for it in Year 7 and still have not been seen and I am in Year 10. I don’t think I’ll be seen before I leave.
It’s self sacrifice for 5 years just to receive a paper that determines if you’re good enough to sustain a stable job:

Everyday I walk into school and because I need the toilet they call my parents send me home and suspend me it's the shittiest school ever

it’s bad tbh, don’t go here the teachers can’t handle situations correctly. im autistic and I was refusing to go to class and my head of year just forced me to go. I walked out of the class and had slt called on me and once they found me I got screamed at which triggered a panic attack and causing me to go semi-verbal. don’t send your children here if you want them to leave school happy.
also, if you are currently at this school I’d advise you to stay away from the milkshakes. I drank one and it was sour.

the teachers are shit and dont care about the kids just their payday

Staff are ******** * *****and don’t handle situations well but yeha it’s alright